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I do, and I'm British. I live in the UK - the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland (the lack of capital letters is intentional) - and I should point out [in case anyone wants to pick a fight] that the 'great' in 'Great Britain' is only there to distinguish it from the (now) French Brittany - and means larger, rather than mighty.
I'm not at all anti USA. In fact I love the country. But how many people in the US are thinking of Venezuela when 'God Bless America' is sung? And does 'My fellow Americans' include Chileans? |
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I've tried persuading Canadians that they shouldn't let the USA get away with hi-jacking the entire continent in this way, but they don't seem to be at all resentful of the fact. In Central and South America the position is different, as when you use the name "America" in Spanish it refers to their part of the world and when they refer to the United States they always call them just that.
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Most people don't identify themselves as "North American" or "South American". If they are from Canada, they are in North America but they are Canadians. If you are in Venezuela, you are Venezuelan. Americans are citizens with the only country that has the word America in it's name and are therefore American, not United States of Americans.
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